The highly anticipated upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will feature the usage of the f-word, as well as some familiar faces, according to director James Gunn.
Taking to Twitter following the release of the latest clip from the superhero movie, Gunn was asked about a scene where Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord curses at Karen Gillan. In the scene, Star-Lord’s swear is bleeped out, but according to Gunn, it won’t be censored in the movie since PG-13 films can have one swear word in them.
“You can only have one in a PG-13 movie,” Gunn explained of the movie’s f-word usage. “That said, it wasn’t planned. I told Chris to add it on set, and it just made the moment funnier, so we kept.”
In a separate tweet, another fan shared a photo of the Ravagers — a group that appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and was led by Sylvester Stallone’s Stakar Ogord — and asked if we’d see them again. Gunn confirmed that fans would see “some of them” again in the upcoming movie, and due to recent trailers and TV spots, we know at least Stallone will be in the film in some capacity.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is once again written and directed by James Gunn. MCU vets Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Sean Gunn, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel are returning to reprise their respective roles as Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Kraglin, Nebula, Mantis, Rocket, and Groot. The threequel will also include the introduction of franchise newcomers Will Poulter, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Maria Bakalova, who have signed on for the roles of Adam Warlock, High Evolutionary, and Cosmo the Spacedog.
“In Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days,” reads the synopsis. “Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.”
The space-traveling team was last seen in Marvel Studios’ Disney+ special presentation Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, which was filmed simultaneously with the upcoming threequel. In the holiday special, Drax and Mantis try to cheer up Peter by throwing him a Christmas party celebration with the appearance of his childhood idol Kevin Bacon.